Author and quilt historian Janneken Smucker has been named the co-winner of the 2023 New Deal Book Award for her most recent book A New Deal for Quilts. The award is issued annually by the California-based nonprofit Living New Deal. … Continue reading University of Nebraska Press author, quilt historian named co-winner of 2023 New Deal Book Award
Eva-Maria Maggi, PhD, is a writer, social scientist, and packer and teaches courses on wilderness issues at the University of Montana. She is coauthor of Hush of the Land: A Lifetime in the Bob Marshall Wilderness with Arnold “Smoke” Elser, … Continue reading From the Desk of Eva-Maria Maggi: Notes from the “Hush of the Land” tour bus
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! The Pulitzer Prize in History Continental Reckoning (Nebraska, 2023) by Elliott West is a finalist. Read the judges’ comments here. The Society of Midland Authors Book Award Without … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
As CAST OUT OF EDEN rolls off the press, keep in mind that commonplace saying, “You can’t tell a book by its cover.” Like a lot of things we’ve been told, that’s just plain wrong. Continue reading From the Desk of Robert Aquinas McNally: On Judging a Book by Its Cover
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Mud, Blood, and Ghosts (Nebraska, May 2023) by Julie Carr. About the Book: Populism has become a global … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Mud, Blood, and Ghosts
Steve Steinberg is a baseball historian and author of Urban Shocker (Nebraska, 2017), winner of the SABR Baseball Research Award, and The World Series in the Deadball Era. Lyle Spatz is the author of many baseball books and the coauthor … Continue reading From the Desks of Steve Steinberg & Lyle Spatz: Mike Donlin
Philip Burnham is a retired associate professor of composition at George Mason University, a former reporter for Indian Country Today, and a freelance writer. He is the author of Indian Country, God’s Country: Native Americans and the National Parks and Song of Dewey Beard: Last … Continue reading From the Desk of Philip Burnham: Behind The Education of Clarence Three Stars
Gail Shaffer Blankenau is a professional genealogist, historian, speaker, and author. She holds an MA degree in history from the University of Nebraska–Kearney, and in 2023 she received the James L. Sellers prize for her article about the Grayson sisters in … Continue reading Excerpt: Journey to Freedom
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! The 2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards Each year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Awards Continental Reckoning by Elliott West has won Columbia University’s Bancroft Prize! Reviews Cast Out of Eden Review in Foreword Reviews: “A revealing biography, Cast Out of Eden details the hypocrisy, cruelty, and astonishing achievements of John Muir.” Biblical Women … Continue reading News & Reviews
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